Medicine:Coprophobia
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| Specialty | Psychology |
Coprophobia is fear of or aversion to feces or defecation.[1]
In humans, the attitude to feces and defecation has become a cultural taboo.[2]
In the animal world, many herbivorous grazing animals including cows, sheep, horses, and reindeer avoid feces when feeding. Primates also prefer to forage away from feces-contaminated areas. The aversion is believed to be a strategy to avoid infection.[3]
References
- ↑ Robert Jean Campbell (2009). Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary. Oxford University Press. pp. 375–. ISBN 978-0-19-534159-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=76vPu_G2UkgC&pg=PA375.
- ↑ D.L. Wingate, "Everything you wanted to know about constipation and incontinence but were afraid to ask." In: Constipation and Anorectal Insufficiency (FALK Symposium. 1995), 1997, ISBN:0792387279, p.4
- ↑ Goldman, Jason G.. "Why do humans hate poo so much?" (in en). http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131111-hate-poo-theres-good-reason-why.
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